My Favorite Sites.ELIZABETH Elizabeth, sister of King Louis XVI of France Elizabeth, 1764–94, sister of King Louis XVI of France, known as Madame Elizabeth. Deeply loyal to her brother, she remained in France during the French Revolution, suffered imprisonment, and was DALEY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THE ANNENBERG CENTER FOR COMMUNICATION The Annenberg Center for Communication (ACC) at the University of Southern California promotes interdisciplinary research in communications between the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Viterbi School of Engineering, and the separate USC Annenberg School for Communication, also funded , USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. thehungersite.org I have no idea how this works, but you can only donate food once a day, and it doesn't cost anything. You click "donate food" anywhere in the world and the advertisers pay for the food (through banner advertisements that show up after food is donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. ). Every morning I donate food as a matter of course. But I always take time to look at the advertisers because I'm impressed im·press 1 tr.v. im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es 1. To affect strongly, often favorably: that they're advertising. These are People I'd like to do business with, because I'm very choosy choos·y also choos·ey adj. choos·i·er, choos·i·est Very careful in choosing; highly selective. choos  i·ness n. about investing in companies whose
policies I like and respect.
children.org This site really aggregates a tremendous amount of resources and validates them, so you know someone has looked at all the material that's there and made sure its legitimate. So if you're a parent, a teacher, a day-care operator etc., you can get information on children. And it ranges from educational to medical (information). It'll tell you about kids in Africa, in Turkey -- anywhere. weather.com This site doesn't give me nearly as much information as I'd like, but it's better than nothing and I use it a lot. I use it more to get a long-range picture. When I'm traveling I think, "What's the minimum I can carry?" If I don't need a coat, I don't want to take one. And if the plane's going to be delayed I try to make other arrangements if I can. Nobody wants to sit in an airport in the middle of a snowstorm. http://heifer.org This site is very well put together. It tells you about the organization, who's behind it and how, their money is used. It's basically a charity that gives animals to communities around the world so that they can become self-sufficient. For example if you're a villager in, say, somewhere in China, they might give you a duck herd, or in Peru it might be a llama llama (lä`mə), South American domesticated ruminant mammal, Lama glama, of the camel family. Genetic studies indicate that it is descended from the guanaco. , to help you do things and sustain your family and your village. I got a brochure for it and thought, "hmm, this is the type of thing I believe in." But if I hadn't gone to their Web site I probably would not have contributed. The site tells where every dollar goes, it tells me that they're not promoting a specific religion, and the site looks great. It gave me a real feeling about the organization. |
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